Salinas, Ecuador Travel Blogs

Fabulous crater lake
Oct 19, 2006 (7 photos)

Yes the title gives it away a bit. We managed to find a taxi driver that didnt want $80 to take us about 60km each way to the lake (buses only go part way - we think and very intermittently) and got it for $40 instead. Alonso drove us out of Latacunga ...

Squealing pigs to bits of rope!
Oct 19, 2006 (9 photos)

... then walk up the animal market further out of town. 95% of the markets here (which are apparently the most economically important in Ecuador) are for locals and not tourists, unlike Otavalo (although we liked that a lot too but our fave is still Bac Ha in ...

Volcan Cotopaxi 5875m, are we mad or what?
May 13, 2005 (15 photos)

Well folks, moving on swiftly from "Riobamba", and it`s "Devils Nose" train ride of your life!!! We decided to move up northwards to "Banos" a Spa town where we arranged a trek up "Volcan Cotopaxi" not an easy climb of 5875m!!!! We took a gamble and ...

Hashing and Hiking
Sep 23, 2007 (19 photos)

... of Quito to do the Quiltoea loop.  Basically this is a huge loops around the highlands of Ecuador and the scenery is spectacular.  There is a famous volcano lake that makes this area famous.& ...

Salinas - Ottos lovely beach appartment
Aug 14, 2005 (7 photos)

Hey! After some nice days in Gayaquil we have moved on to Salinas, with Ottos girlfriend Sophia and spend some days in his nice beach appartment there. We took a boat to go out on the sea and we actually saw some whales soing some crazy stuff! That was ...

Birthday Boy!
Oct 29, 2006 (5 photos)

From Banos we headed further into the central highlands and off the beaten track tothe area known as the Quilotoa Loop. The bus journy getting there was an experience in itself as we were travelling on market day. There were bags of rabbits and cuy ( ...

Laguna Quilotoa y Guagua Pichincha
Aug 5, 2006 (28 photos)

... the dog enjoyed the shoot. On our walk around town we happened to meet a couple of French people that were in Ecuador to scout out fair trade coco beans for making chocolate. After being greeted in three different languages we decided on a combination ...

chocolatey, wooly, cheesie heaven
Jul 12, 2009 (5 photos)

We stayed in Guaranda for a few nights to access nearby Salinas and Volcan Chimborazo. Guaranda itself is nestled in a valley surrounded by trees including pines not infested by beetles (weird) and cultivated land. En route, you pass through some pretty ...

Adios mainland Ecuador, Hola Galapagos!
Feb 18, 2006

... and anchor out for the evening beyond the breakwater of the marina. We leave for the Galapagos tomorrow morning and wave goodbye to mainland Ecuador. Our time here has been great, we've got loads done to the boat and had some great times in and around ...

A new sail
Feb 8, 2006 (2 photos)

... yesterda afternoon. Superb sail, beautifully rigged, easy enough to use and is great for getting us trucking on in light winds. I though I had to send a couple of pictures of the new sail against the sunset in Salinas. Wish you were here! xxx

Salina the Biker Betch
Aug 1, 2009 (32 photos)

... big fat strip of beach and got back on the road under drizzly foggy skies and cool temperatures.   We never imagined Ecuador to be this cool - literally - we are wearing jackets while driving along the coast in July - we thought Ecuador would ...

Change of Scenery Salinas Beach Ecuador
Mar 8, 2008

... could get used to. Im doing some poking around and meeting some nice people.. Nice folks and seeing alot more of my peeps in Ecuador than in Peru, I guess because of those damn slave ships we dig the coast. The food here is pretty good but not nearly as ...

From Manta to Salinas along the Sea
Nov 23, 2007 (5 photos)

... there), which is a nice beach town halfway to salinas. finally in salinas, i met some folks from germany and us. spent 2 days there. salinas has big appartment houses all along the beach and is the weekend getaway for the Quayaquil haute volee.

Back in the water!
Jan 26, 2006

... the boat ready for the 5 days to the Galapagos. So hopefully there may be time to do a bit of inland travel and see Ecuador and possibly Peru. I hope you are all well and that those of you in the UK are enjoying the great winter you guys are having - ...

Sunny Ecuador and a boat!
Jan 17, 2006 (2 photos)

I have arrived! We evuntually got in to Guayaquil in Ecuador and arrived at the boat after about 18 hours travel in total! We were knackered! I am out here with Dad and Georg, who is coming on the Pacific trip and has come out early to get the boat ...

Salinas
Dec 5, 2006

Map entry only.

A bumpy loop
Mar 27, 2006

Ahh, this I suppose is where the gap year/mission generally becomes a little bit 'non-stop'. From that night out after the jungle I personally slept in (as you might expect) and did 'preparatory' things for leaving my casa. The evening here was quality, ...

Chimborazo - to 6000+ metres
Sep 5, 2008 (6 photos)

I left Banos with my guide Milton who had recognised me from Cotopaxi as he had taken up a different group that same night. At the road's end, it was misty, but not rainy. On the way we saw some wild vicunas up at 4000m and I started to feel the cold ...

Mountain High Villages
Sep 10, 2007 (7 photos)

... that´s cheap here.  Ecuador does use the dollar as its´ currency, but that´s where the similarities end with U.S. pricing.  Ecuador is cheap!  Every time we´ve gone out to a local restaurant, we are amazed at our bill.  Appetizers, entrees ...

Cotopaxi everything
Jun 10, 2007 (7 photos)

... which consisted of 2 days of acclimatisation and then the night climb to the summit. Sari has been here last time she came to Ecuador so she opted to stay in Quito and shop! On the 1st day we drove to a lodge which we were camping next to. ...

Salinas, ecuador
Apr 5, 2007

... afte a 3 hou bus ride, it was nice to take a bus in the day as i could see some of the scenery of ecuador... thepoblem with travelling on busses in S.america is that people can get off pretty much where they want.. so that leaves u wondering whee is ...

Hello Ecuador!
Feb 8, 2008 (15 photos)

... away from Causeway Amador. A few people on other sailboats waved as we started our journey of 680 miles to Salinas, Ecuador.  The captain wanted to motor to Tobago Island and spend the night there on a mooring ball. I hand steered ...

Salinas.. vamos a la playa
May 27, 2007

so saturday afternoon we headed out to the beach with Danny, her crazy and i emphasize crazy because maybe have i never met crazier... cousin patti and her son and his friend... i mean. the driving was unsafe. pretty much enough said about that.& ...

Salinas
Aug 14, 2008

I stopped in Salinas for two nights, it is a large beach town with good sea food. From the weather (gray and overcast) and the lack of people I'm guessing this is not the high season.

Dude they have Swiss cheeses here!!!
Apr 2, 2008

... around this concrete paved volleyball 'court' and cheering them on.  It was awesome seeing these people in Salinas amassed around the volleyball court in their traditional Andean clothing cheering on volleyball.  Never would I have guessed that ...

Not much here
Mar 31, 2008

From Banos we came here to Guardanda since its a jumping point to this mountain town called Salinas.  Not much really here in Guardanda.  We took a really long bus ride from Ambato to here.  We were supposed to pass all of these sweet ...

The Long March
Jan 20, 2007 (10 photos)

Having arrived back from the Galapagos which are, fairly obviously, at sea level the previous day, we made our way to a town called Quilotoa which is about 3900m above sea level. We planned to hike from the town's volcanic crater lake to the nearby town ...

Super scenic day on the bus
Dec 26, 2004 (20 photos)

Absolutely stunning mountain scenery riding the bus all day via Ambato to Guaranda, along insane cliffside roads with no guard rails, sometime while the drive was text messaging on his cell phone.....Unbelievable mountains, volcanoes, and a long, slow ...

Beach Resort of Salinas
Jan 6, 2005

Not much going on, cheap food along the beach, nice and sunny, left next morning for Montenita.

Salinas to Quito
Oct 21, 2006 (2 photos)

... in Guayaquil (the Malecon). We enjoyed the nice cool breeze and the cervecas at the outdoor patio restaurant. Later we travelled to Salinas with our friends Monsy and Patricio. It was a very nice little getaway to the ocean. This place reminds me very ...